You just found out that the silver-haired woman who lives close to your home used to be a famous actress and you want to know her story -- including some of the miraculous, funny, or tragic things that happened to her on the way to being famous. What questions will get you those fabulous details? Or, a friend of a friend of your brother was one of the women that President Obama invited to his inauguration. How can you get her to tell you about the details that made it so exciting? In fact, how can you get your own best friend to share with you her faith in life that makes her such a great friend? All this can come your way if you know how to interview a woman with an eye and ear open to the interaction of her life and the history of her time -- past or present. Published poet Peggy Sapphire (the cover of her book of poetry is shown here) shares some of the interviews she's done with other people, and gets you going to try the skills yourself. Expect some surprise guests at the workshop, so you can practice discovering the surprises of their lives.
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